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This study was geared to see what has been achieved so far and where future research should be directed in the field of child L2 learning, by critically reviewing the results of some experimental studies and case studies on child L2 acquisition to explain the real data of the child L2 development in Pinter(2011). We attempted to provide the current information about the researches in this field for the elementary English teachers and researchers. First, based on the recent findings in L1 acquisition we introduced some hypotheses to explain both L1 and child L2 acquisition. Second, we discussed what types of studies were conducted and what kinds of findings were drawn from them. Finally, we offered some suggestions for the possible direction or the promising areas of the further studies for the same field in Korea.